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George Butler Extra Special
Today I bought this razor and from what I can see, the blade looks in good condition; light rust, no apparent cracks, chips or signs of poor previous grinding efforts.
I don't know anything about George Butler razors but could not resist it at 5 Euros in a flea market in Gent, Belgium. The Sheffield Steel sold it for me.
The scales are of course not original; actually they are a pile if absolute rubbish.
Am planning on sending to Steve from Invisible Edge or Neil from the strop shop (from recommendations on this forum) to see if they can bring this steel back to life and see if they have any decent scales going that they think would fit well.
My intentions are to use this chap to practice grinding and honing when the times comes before subjecting my new Wacker to my total lack of experience.
Please share any thoughts you have about the razor and my plans as I am a novice newby. Also what grinding and honing stones I should look at purchasing for this activity.
As always, some pictures attached (the blade has just been washed and Vaseline has been liberally applied... Hence the strange lines from fingerprints).
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